By Alex Baltzegar Raleigh, NC – On Friday, the North Carolina State Board of Elections announced that voters will be required to show valid identification in order to vote in the 2023 municipal elections. The North Carolina Supreme Court released…
By Carolina Journal Staff Raleigh, NC – State lawmakers could hit the road from the coast to the mountains next month, for a series of 10 public hearings on redistricting. That’s if they follow proposals introduced in a joint House…
By Johnny Kampis Raleigh, NC – New legislation filed in the General Assembly would reduce the time voters have to turn in their absentee ballots, making the outcome of elections clearer in a shorter time. Senate Bill 326, the Election…
By Dr. Terry Stoops Raleigh, NC – In February, the N.C. State Board of Education is expected to approve new academic standards for all public school social studies courses. The new standards represent an extreme departure from those approved in the past, and parents…
Raleigh, NC – The State Board of Elections on Tuesday voted to certify nearly all contests in the 2020 general election, including the presidential contest. “Canvass” means the entire process of determining that the votes have been counted and tabulated…
By John Trump Raleigh, NC – Races filling the N.C. ballot were won or lost by the thinnest of margins. With a few exceptions, races — statewide and national — stayed excruciatingly close days after election night. Just as polls…
By Carolina Journal Staff Raleigh, NC – The U.S. Supreme Court will decide soon whether N.C. election officials count absentee ballots received by mail between November 7 and November 12. Two sets of plaintiffs filed paperwork Sunday, Oct. 25, arguing…
By Carolina Journal Staff Raleigh, NC – The State Board of Elections will send voters whose absentee ballots lack a witness signature a new ballot, restoring a process for mail-in votes that was tied up in state and federal courts.…
By Rick Henderson Raleigh, NC – The election lawsuit merry-go-round keeps turning, as tens of thousands of North Carolinians cast ballots at early voting sites, and legislative leaders urge the State Board of Elections to “stop this chaos.” The most…
By Lindsay Marchello Raleigh, NC – Fewer than six weeks from the 2020 general election, two of the five members of the State Board of Elections walked off the job. Republicans are disgusted. They say they were misled by information…